netizen
noun
net·i·zen
ˈne-tə-zən 
also -sən
: an active participant in the online community of the Internet
Examples of netizen in a Sentence
the dismaying rudeness that so many netizens exhibit while online
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Chinese netizens largely praised Ye for being thrifty, mirroring the preference among Chinese consumers for cheap thrills amid a slow economic recovery.
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Denni Hu, WWD, 17 Sep. 2024
Soon after the conflict began, some anti-Russia Chinese netizens began rehashing the unfairness of the 1858 Treaty of Aigun,which ceded roughly 230,000 square miles of Chinese territory to Russia.
—Yan Xuetong, Foreign Affairs, 2 May 2022
One of them is the King of Pop himself Michael Jackson, and many netizens are believing a claim that the two were connected through an underground tunnel.
—Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 1 Oct. 2024
Naturally, netizens reacted to the resurfaced clip, calling for the artist to be jailed, while others criticized law enforcement for not acting sooner.
—Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 24 Sep. 2024
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Denni Hu, WWD, 17 Sep. 2024
Soon after the conflict began, some anti-Russia Chinese netizens began rehashing the unfairness of the 1858 Treaty of Aigun,which ceded roughly 230,000 square miles of Chinese territory to Russia.
—Yan Xuetong, Foreign Affairs, 2 May 2022
One of them is the King of Pop himself Michael Jackson, and many netizens are believing a claim that the two were connected through an underground tunnel.
—Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 1 Oct. 2024
Naturally, netizens reacted to the resurfaced clip, calling for the artist to be jailed, while others criticized law enforcement for not acting sooner.
—Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 24 Sep. 2024
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netizen
noun
net·i·zen
ˈnet-ə-zən
: a user of the Internet
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